In season 4, ‘Fauda’ has begun asking some hard questions By PJ Grisar, Forward Jan 26, 2023 Each season of “Fauda” features a new director and writer and the same kind of fool-proof formula. Co-creator and star Lior Raz’s Doron Kavillio is dragged back into the field, where he quickly disobeys orders. A major character dies or is captured and an informant flips. There is always some moment of moral crisis when… Read More
TV Miriam Haart is ‘trying to get women to believe in themselves’ Miriam Haart took her first step outside of her Orthodox community during a birthday trip to Paris a few years ago. It was a Friday night, and she broke… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Jan 24, 2023
Film ‘Fabelmans’ earns 7 Oscar nods, JFI's Rosenblatt gets his second “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama about his Jewish upbringing, had an expected strong haul of Oscar nominations, picking up seven… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jan 24, 2023
The Bagel Report 'Hunters,' Amazon's Nazi-hunting romp, is back Join the Bagels as they take a deep dive (with some spoilers) into the second season of “Hunters.” The gang is now in Argentina looking for… By The Bagels Jan 20, 2023
TV ‘Hi I’m Nancy Rubin’: new doc pays tribute to Berkeley High teacher As a student at Berkeley High School in the late 1980s, Jennifer Steinman Sternin took a class called Social Living that was a mix of sex ed, home ec and… By Andrew Esensten Jan 19, 2023
Podcasts Introducing J.’s first podcast, ‘The Bagel Report’ “The Bagel Report,” an award-winning podcast about Jewish representation and identity in popular culture, is now a production of J. The Jewish News of… By J. Staff Jan 17, 2023
Local Voice Looking for hope in Israel? You might find it on kids’ TV In American news outlets, including Jewish publications, there is a great deal of concern about the composition of the new Israeli governing coalition.… By Adam Eilath Jan 17, 2023
TV Has 'Hunters,' the Holocaust revenge fantasy, had a change of heart? “Hunters” season two opens in Austria and, even before it showed a pair of severed eyeballs affixed to a butter sculpture as a Yiddish version… By PJ Grisar, Forward Jan 12, 2023
TV Why did it take so long to get a Netflix show about Bernie Madoff? We’ve been in the era of scammer documentaries for years now. There was “The Vow,” which detailed NXIVM, and “Wild Wild Country”… By Mira Fox, Forward Jan 10, 2023